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Clinical Trials MND Research Treatments

Edaravone – a month on since the FDA announcement

22 June 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s been over a month since the announcement by the FDA of their decision to licence edaravone / Radicava for people with MND in the

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Collaborating to find treatment for MND

21 June 201720 May 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes21 June – MND Awareness Day Each year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on

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Healthcare Markers of Disease Progression MND Research Research we fund

Life of an MND researcher: part 1

16 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 5 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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How is tissue donation helping us to solve the MND puzzle?

11 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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Stem cells and MND

6 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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Clinical Trials MND Research

The journey of a drug – what it takes to be approved

1 June 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutesEach year, the MND Association dedicates the month of June to raising MND awareness. This year, we focus on the eyes – in most people

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Clinical Trials MND Research News Treatments

Edaravone (Radicava) approved to treat MND in USA – what does this mean for people with MND in the UK

6 May 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday 5 May in America, the FDA, the organisation that approves drugs, announced that they’d granted a licence for the drug known as a

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research Research we fund

ANXA11 – another gene closer to understanding ALS

4 May 20175 May 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutesA new research paper has been published today in the Science Translational Medicine journal, describing a new gene implicated in developing MND. What is this gene

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

What goes wrong with electrical signalling in MND?

21 April 201720 April 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutesLast year, we introduced a PhD Studentship that we are funding at the University of St Andrews. Under the supervision of Dr Gareth Miles and

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Causes and disease mechanisms MND Research

Epi Epi Epi, Oi Oi Oi

13 April 201717 July 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutesMention the word Epidemiology and instantly my mind conjures up the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in America being swarmed by zombies or men in

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